Penfolds RWT Bin 798 Barossa Valley Shiraz, first made in 1997, was released after several years of red winemaking trials from which the wine takes its name.

Since the 2014 vintage it has been allocated Bin number 798, based on the alpha-numeric telephone punch dial, to reflect its established status within the Penfolds wine portfolio.

The fruit is sourced exclusively from the best vineyards in the Barossa Valley, where ripening conditions particularly suit the Penfolds House Style. The overall winemaking process is almost identical to Grange and includes partial barrel fermentation and maturation in French oak hogsheads.

These wines are built for the long haul, with the precision, concentration and balance to age for many years the best vintages will last at least 30.

An ode to the Barossa with all that beautiful power and depth. NICK RYAN

1997 «««« Drink now to 2030.

Medium-deep crimson. Fresh lifted leatherwood, soy, ground coffee and meaty aromas with panforte notes. Medium bodied with fresh chinotto, leather and soy flavours, redcurrant notes, fine-lacy textures and underlying crème brûlée notes. Finishes leafy firm with attractive acid line. No sign of wrinkling or age.

Intense luminous wine with pine freshness on the nose but a touch jagged on the palate with slightly angular hard tannins and sharp acidity. (NB)

A sweet silky wine with surprising energy, mature dried cherry herb notes and seamless tannins. (JR)

1998 ««««« Drink now to 2035.

Medium-deep crimson. Redcurrant, plum, blackberry and boysenberry aromas with espresso and toast notes. Concentrated redcurrant, plum and blackberry fruits, fine and plentiful ripe tannins, roasted walnut, chestnut complexity and integrated linear acidity. Well-balanced wine with demi-glace aged notes.

A giant step for RWT where it shows stylish fruit, lovely balance, and elegant cedar complexity. The confidence and generosity of flavours will continue to build. (JH)

Four-square, yet broad in structure with plenty of sweet fruit flavours and seamless oak integration. (FW)

1999 ««« Drink soon to 2028.

Medium-deep crimson. Farmyard leathery aromas with wet bitumen notes. A ripe and generous wine with redcurrant and plum fruits, attractive mid-palate viscosity, toasty oak complexity and fine vigorous, slightly al dente firm tannins. Builds up sinewy and tight.

An astringent wine. The fruit is smashed by the structure and then the wood. Difficult to see it coming into balance. (NB)

Plums and persimmons, parsley and black dirt. The slightest touch of horse saddle (brettanomyces) gives complexity, but the tannins are a little jangly. (NR)

2000 «« Drink now to past.

Medium-deep crimson. Developed red fruit, white pepper and tomato leaf aromas with fine loose-knit tannins and attractive mineral length. A difficult vintage showing a cooler spectrum of flavours, some underlying oak and developed tobacco and oxidative notes.

2001 ««««« Drink now to 2035.

Medium-deep crimson. Lifted redcurrant and dark plum aromas with mocha, espresso and cola notes. Classically concentrated dark chocolate, dark cherry and blackberry fruits, fine supple sweet tannins and beautifully integrated toasty vanilla oak. Finishes grippy firm with leafy notes. Vigorous wine with attractive density and richness.

Sweetly fruited with abundant redcurrant soy spice notes and pronounced bitter slightly overwhelming tannins. (NB)

Ripe cherry liqueur slightly jammy aromas, spicy oak notes and smooth long supple tannins. (JR)

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